火矢

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 火矢, read ひや, means a flaming arrow.
• Basic usage: The examples describe flaming arrows flying through a night sky in a painting or being used to signal in a story.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Word structure
  • It combines 火, fire, and 矢, arrow. Here they are read ひ and や respectively.
• Marking the means
  • In the example 火矢で合図を送った, で marks the means used to send the signal.